I'm going to lie now, yes, LIE. I'm going to tell an outright lie and I am going to believe it when I say it, but it will still be a lie. It might not be a lie today, might not be a lie tomorrow, or next week, but one day, down the line it will become a lie. You understand that I am going to try to keep this from becoming a lie for as long as possible, but here it comes. The biggest lie on boardgamegeek. I am going to stop buying games and instead play those games I already own.
See, not a lie now, but someday i expect it to turn into a big lie.

I have 38 games that I am going to play since I have stopped bying games.

Why did I chose this, someday to become a lie, as my resolution? Because I want to play the games I have and I feel that I have enough games as it is now.(Was that another classic bgg.com lie?)There is no glorious or fanzy reason for doing this, just a thought I had some time ago.I will stop bying games and play the ones I have.

What happens when I have played all the games I have? Well, in short, if my resolution hasen't turned into a lie by then, it certainly will if I manage to go thorugh my entire collection.I know I don't have a big(in bgg.com terms) collection, but I like my collection.

Ok, so I will play my games once and after that I will start bying again? No, I won't. I am going name how many plays I need for each game before I can say I'm pleased with the plays that game has recieved.

How will I do this?I will list the games and then I will state the number of plays each game should get before I am satisfied. I will also list if the plays are solo, F2F or online(vassal)

Combat Commander: PacificA good game that I have played a few times. Added the scenarios from C3i#25 earlier this year. I will play every scenario of this game solo and atleast two as Americans, two as Japanese and two as Australians F2F or vassel

Formula DThis one I am currently in a league with 8 races to go in the season, so that will be enough for this one. Follow the blog for the league here:Floen Formula D

Napoleon's TriumphA fantastic game. I have played it 3 times so far this year, so 3 more will be good.I will play this game 3 times f2f.

Storm Over StalingradMy newest game and one I'm excited about playing.I will play this game twice f2f and once on vassal versus Neil Thomson

Clash of Giants IICurrently playing the Ypres battle on vassal and it is a good game.I will play each battle(Ypres and Galicia) once each solo and play Galicia on vassal.

Dire Heroes: Gas Attack at YpresAnother game on Ypres, but this one is about the second battle of Ypres. I helped playtest this one.I will play this game two times on vassal since I can play with the designer that way.

FaunaA very cool trivia game on animals.I will play this game three times f2f

LigrettoSimultanious play and chaos.I will play this game three times f2f

BausackDexterity game on building towers. Fun game.I will play this game two times f2f

BrainstormAlways fun with the right crowd, but not too many times.I will play this game one time f2f

CraniumNot a frequent visitor to the table, but I think we can squeeze it in.I will play this game once

Doom: The BoardgameThis is a very cool game, but takes a while to play. I got the expansion for it and that adds some cool game modes.I will play this game three times f2f, once on story mode, once CTF and once Deathmatch.

MowGot this game since I complained about something in my Bandu game.I will play this game once f2f

Mr. Jack PocketGot this in the same deal as the above, but this one is fun.I will play this game five times f2f

PandemicA co-op game. Sometimes one player take control and tell the others what to do. Works well solo.I will play this game five times solo and once f2f

CarcassonneThis one I have played once and it was a meeh experience. Haven't played it since and drew a StreetSoccer pitch on the back of the scoreboard. Need to play this one too even if I don't like it much.I will play this game once f2f

Ticket to RideHave played this alot, really alot, but will play it again.It is merged with the 1910 expansion, so it never gets played without that.I will play this game twice f2f, once with the Ticket to Ride: The Dice Expansion and once without it.

Yes, I do have a few childrens game as owned too and those are games i either bought for or recieved from my daughter. I will play these two games with her.

ZoowabooThis game was a christmas gift for me from my then four year old daughter. A nice enough game and it will get played.I will play this game two times with my daughter

Flinke FlitzerA Rainer Knizia game, that to be honest, isn't very good and I fear my daughter has now outgrown it, but we'll see. If she has, I will have to wait for my son to get a little bit older.I will play this game once.

And of course I own a second copy of Memoir '44 that I use for overlord plays, so i will need to get the group together to exchange some shots on the WWII battlefields.I will play Memoir Overlord two times

So what happens if I gt a game as a gift or the resolution becomes a lie and I buy new games?

Well, most likely nothing serious, but gifts I got to play two times f2f and should I buy any new games they need to be played three to five times.

And then it all began.

The first night of this resolution was over a week ago, so I will now report week one.

It started out with a game of Ticket to Ride with the wife and we added in Ticket to Ride: The Dice Expansion. It changes the game from a "spend X turns to collect cards before building that route" to "roll dice and build as fast as possible where the dice allows you"Did it ruin TtR? No, Dice doesn't ruin it, it just changes it. Not for the better, but not for the worse either. It's a fun enough light game still. And by the way, I won 158-151. Yeah for me!Also played a couple of turns of my newest game, Storm Over Stalingrad, to make me familiar with the rules. very cool looking system, with the cards and the area-move map.

Later in the first week, me and Thomas started the Claustrophobia challenge, Claustrophobia - Into the catacombs, and managed to complete both sides of "The Survivors" and "Holding back the invasion" The demon were dominant this night. This image shows the situation just before the Demon destroys my fine plan to exit two blades for a human win in "The Survivors"

A good first week and a good resolution or lie as it most likely will turn out to be.

Future updates to this blog won't be this long. I think I can promise that.